(30242) Naymark Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alissa Naymark mentored a finalist in the 2014 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle school students. She teaches at the Friedell Middle School, Rochester, Minnesota.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Naymark is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Naymark is 2.54 au from the Sun and 3.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30242 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HQ8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.29 |
| Orbital period | 3.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0908 |
| Inclination | 7.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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